Fluid handling cassette having a spectroscopic sample cell

US8197770B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OptiScan Biomedical Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jennifer H. Gable · Newark, US
• James R. Braig · Piedmont, US
• Kenneth I. Li · Piedmont, US
• Mark Wechsler · San Mateo, US
• Peng Zheng · Alameda, US
• Richard Keenan · Livermore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 26, 2009
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 20, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/2575
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fluid handling module is configured for removable engagement with a reusable main fluid handling instrument. The module includes a module housing and a first fluid passageway extending from the module housing. The first fluid passageway has a patient end remote from the housing. The first fluid passageway is configured to provide fluid communication with a bodily fluid in a patient. A fluid component separator is in fluid communication with the first fluid passageway. The fluid component separator is configured to separate at least one component from a portion of the bodily fluid drawn from the patient. A spectroscopic sample cell is configured to hold at least a portion of the first component.